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Thailand Part II: Beach Bar, Bonfires, Buckets and Bonding

Thumbnail image for Thailand Part II: Beach Bar, Bonfires, Buckets and Bonding by Gina "SuuperG" Stark October 16, 2010 Travel and Adventures

ShareBonding can come in many forms.  It can occur whilst enduring discomforts or stresses together.  Or,  through simply enjoying good times. I left off with a kinked neck and folded legs on a long bus ride from Bangkok.  My co-volunteers and I were finally deposited at the port at 4:30 am and were told the […]

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Bangkok: Orient-ation for My Volunteer Stint or: Temples, Trannies, Tigers and Toilet Paper

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ShareIt sounds more exotic than it was. Also, I’m not so philanthropic that I gave no thought to my own enrichment and enjoyment by traveling once again to Thailand, a country I have thoroughly enjoyed in the past.  But this time, my final destination would be the island Ko Tao and what I hoped would […]

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My Magnificent Mom & Her Earth Day Bobcat Release

Thumbnail image for My Magnificent Mom & Her Earth Day Bobcat Release by Gina "SuuperG" Stark April 24, 2010 Random Ponderings

ShareMy mom rocks. Have I mentioned this yet? She works with raptors and bobcats and whatever other critters find themselves in trouble. Well, she volunteers her time…nearly 40 hours a week, tirelessly, for the last ten years.  Who else buys their mom a gauntlet for her birthday? A gauntlet, other than being the glove tossed […]

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Crazy Aunt Club – I’ve Been Inducted!

Thumbnail image for Crazy Aunt Club – I’ve Been Inducted! by Gina "SuuperG" Stark March 28, 2010 Random Ponderings

ShareIt’s official.  I have evolved (or degraded) into the quirky, eccentric aunt everyone either wants or dreads or somewhere-in-between.  You know, the non-conforming aunt with no children, who has no social restraints imposed by fellow parents or schools or society to behave in a respectable and modest fashion. The one who travels, downs hot spicy […]

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